Based on the novel “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare: Exposition in the drama presents characters where the scene begins with a feud from two families the Capulets and the Montagues. Romeo is Montagues son who seeks to attend a party in disguise at the Capulet family where Juliet is supposed to marry Paris. Rising action: Here the plot of scene is the heated fight Mercuito and Tybalt who kills him and later Romeo killed Tybalt. Romeo makes issues more complex and Romeo is banished, (NOURANI, 2019). The climax in the drama is short where Juliet is urging Romeo to flee but Romeo says goodbye.
Step Two: Responding
Personally, I believe that the scenes that happened in the rising action because most of the drama from the two families is experienced a great deal. The climax is not in the middle of the story rather it’s experienced at the end of the plot where Romeo buys poison to kill himself because Juliet was dead after finding the truth from his servant. The final death scene is where the climax lies because the characters are separated by death.
Step Three: Analysing
The main problem facing the main character in the “Romeo and Juliet” the two main characters are Romeo and Juliet who comes from families that hate each other and the main problem they face is conflict. The Capulets and the Montagues have family feuds that lead to the deaths of their children, (William, 2017). The love between the two characters is forbidden which creates matters worst between the two families.
The symbols used by Shakespeare in the play include poison which symbolizes the feud that existed between the two families and the love between Romeo and Juliet was a poison that led to the death of Mercuito and Tybalt. Apothecary sells poison which symbolizes that the society drives people commit suicides because the world is unbearable. Light and Darkness is another symbol in the novel where characters like Romeo, Juliet and Mercuito have good qualities of goodness which is displayed in broad daylight while characters like Lord Capulet and Paris are evil in the dark. Their relationship flourished at night and at the tomb Romeo uses darkness and light as Juliet acts as light in the darkness of the tomb through her beauty.
The main themes embedded in the play includes individual vs. society: Romeo and Juliet struggle with their love against the family customs leading to family feuds. They were in love with each other and against their families. They wanted to break the society norms and customs to be together. Death is also a major theme throughout the scenes where Mercuito and Tybalt die in fights instigated by conflict. The two lovers also end up dead and bring the conflict because the untimely events act a resolution to the two families. Love between Romeo and Juliet is so authentic and they are passionate for one another despite the social constraints they experienced. Patriarchy is demonstrated by the Lord Capulet and Lord Montagues where they encourage their wives and families to participate in the conflict. Their views are not important and Juliet has no right to choose a spouse Lord Capulet selects Paris as his daughter’s husband, (William, 2017)It was a society where women had no say.
References
NOURANI, M. (2019). A Study of Tragedy in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasia Based on Freytag’s Pyramid.
William, S. (2017). Romeo and Juliet. Strelbytskyy Multimedia.
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